1972 Suzuki RV125 Craigslist Find! Test ride and Top Speed

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  • Опубліковано 1 лис 2024

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  • @sganzerlag
    @sganzerlag Рік тому +2

    Dude, your channel is awesome. Thanks for sharing these old bikes here! Best regards from Brasilia, Brazil.

    • @habitmoto
      @habitmoto  Рік тому +2

      Thank you, I really appreciate that. Still trying to figure out the video editing aspect but getting there. Hope to become a little more consistent with content here soon.

  • @daveevans4393
    @daveevans4393 4 роки тому +5

    I've got the same bike in my garage right now (Yellow). My dad bought it in 79. 4100 miles on it.
    It sat in his pole barn for 30 years.
    I got it home, went through everything, and it runs like a champ.....
    Tires are very hard to find and Expensive!!! Hope you don't have to buy one of those anytime soon...
    Nice Bike!

    • @habitmoto
      @habitmoto  4 роки тому +1

      Man that is awesome! I love hearing stories like this.

    • @vinto34
      @vinto34 4 роки тому

      Can still get the original tyres.
      I recently got some from bridgestone in japan took 2 months to arrive and not cheap.

  • @flanno
    @flanno 4 роки тому +5

    It’s the bracket for an extra fuel tank. A small round can went in there. Here in Europe that bracket with the tank goes for as much as you paid for the bike! €950 was the asking price for the last one I saw. Came with a leather case for the tank, the tank itself and the bracket. Good purchase mate!

    • @habitmoto
      @habitmoto  4 роки тому +1

      Flannious L'Flannagato Hey, thanks for the info. I have been searching for the fuel tank that goes there with no luck. Based on that price, maybe I should just sell the bracket and roll without one!

  • @anakinskywalker4459
    @anakinskywalker4459 Рік тому +2

    Enjoy the old bikes alot. New sub from NEPA

    • @habitmoto
      @habitmoto  Рік тому

      Awesome! Thank you for following along. Have a lot of old bike content coming soon.

  • @joeflem7507
    @joeflem7507 4 роки тому +1

    iv got the 1974 model. my brother bought it because we had an rv90 growing up. bought it from him and now more that $500 into the engine alone with a trusted mechanic. its worth it to me but shows how good a deal you got. awesome.

    • @habitmoto
      @habitmoto  4 роки тому +1

      joe flem Hey, I appreciate the feed back. They are great bikes and definitely worth keeping the running. I have been keeping my eye out for a RV90 to add to the collection. They don’t come up very often.

    • @vinto34
      @vinto34 4 роки тому +1

      The rv90 bikes are great as well.
      got 6 of them.

  • @Dave-sw2dm
    @Dave-sw2dm 2 роки тому +1

    Nice! I have a 2017 RV200. Love that little bike.

    • @habitmoto
      @habitmoto  Рік тому

      Right on, Would love to test out one of the newer versions.

  • @kitsan
    @kitsan 3 роки тому +2

    nice video! can u share how tall is d rider? trying to gauge if it looks small with a 6ft 180cm rider. tq.

    • @habitmoto
      @habitmoto  Рік тому +1

      Hey thanks, I am 6'3" and feel it is still a comfortable ride.

  • @markkimball1569
    @markkimball1569 2 роки тому +2

    That’s a felony ! You stole it 😂. But if you keep it then it’s ok. That’s a unique bike ! I’m old enough to know that it was different but cool.

    • @habitmoto
      @habitmoto  Рік тому +1

      Haha, it was a good deal. I still own it to this day. Been a little over 3 years and still talk to the guy I got it from.

  • @vinto34
    @vinto34 5 років тому +5

    Looks like a bracket for a reserve fuel tank...great bikes...got 2 1973 models.

    • @habitmoto
      @habitmoto  5 років тому +1

      vinto34 Hey thanks for the reply. You are correct. Someone sent me a picture of their original RV with the fuel tank in there. Now to find one!

    • @jasonjackson6089
      @jasonjackson6089 4 роки тому

      @@habitmoto www.bikebandit.com/oem-parts/1973-suzuki-rv125-tracker-optional-sub-fuel-tank-set/o/m139648sch266145

  • @rippinmachines
    @rippinmachines 4 роки тому +2

    I just grabbed a 1974 today with 2900 miles on it. Pretty much complete but doesn’t have a spark. How do you like these compared to the old honda’s? Should I clean it up and sell mine or is it worth keeping it in the collection?

    • @habitmoto
      @habitmoto  4 роки тому +1

      rippinmachines I have tons of Honda’s but this is one of my favorite bikes to ride. I say clean it up and keep it!

  • @jhd92yj
    @jhd92yj 3 роки тому +2

    I just picked the same bike up. I have a really, really stupid question. Where is the kill switch on these things? Do they even have one?

  • @2strokejunkie686
    @2strokejunkie686 3 роки тому +4

    Would take this over a tw200 or fat cat anyday, same engine as the Suzuki tc125 with the high/low range trans. Goofy but still very cool machine 👌

    • @habitmoto
      @habitmoto  Рік тому +1

      I agree, I have had the Fatcat, BW200 and BW350 and this is the only one I have held on to. Smooth easy ride.

  • @brianwalters5432
    @brianwalters5432 3 роки тому +2

    It's a holder for water cantina. Some of the old trail bikes had water storage spots for long back country riding

  • @LidsterZoo
    @LidsterZoo Рік тому +1

    My first ever dirtbike!

    • @habitmoto
      @habitmoto  Рік тому

      Oh that is cool. Its one of my favorite riders!

  • @utubedaveg
    @utubedaveg 3 роки тому +1

    they also had an rv90. I have 2 125's and one fixer upper 90.

    • @habitmoto
      @habitmoto  Рік тому

      That's right, I haven't owned a RV90 yet. Would like to get one of the blue RV90s. Love that color.

  • @dezmonseth674
    @dezmonseth674 2 роки тому +1

    Can you put a 125 cc rv motor in a rv 90 frame?

    • @habitmoto
      @habitmoto  Рік тому +1

      Good question. Im sure someone out there has tried it. I am not sure if it would work.

  • @JasPlun
    @JasPlun 3 роки тому +2

    Where is the gas tank on those things? Under the seat I assume.

  • @WoodsPrecisionArms
    @WoodsPrecisionArms Рік тому +1

    This is ANOTHER bike inhad only I had the RV 90 - it had one fatal flaw and it was the automixer and because the way it was built into the carb you couldn’t just mix the gas with out modifying it - fun to ride juet looks really goofy with no tank

    • @habitmoto
      @habitmoto  Рік тому

      They are goofy looking bikes but such a fun bike to ride. I have yet to own a 90, but hope to one day. Yes the automixer is the downside.

  • @thenxtcurry6914
    @thenxtcurry6914 3 роки тому +1

    I'm your 48 subscriber

    • @habitmoto
      @habitmoto  Рік тому

      Right on, thanks for following along.

  • @martyjoseph9507
    @martyjoseph9507 4 роки тому +2

    It had been will cared for.

    • @habitmoto
      @habitmoto  4 роки тому

      marty joseph Definitely looks that way!

  • @johntrout3631
    @johntrout3631 3 роки тому +2

    If it's green it's a 1973.

  • @andyharkness4172
    @andyharkness4172 7 місяців тому +1

    For a axillary gas can

    • @habitmoto
      @habitmoto  6 місяців тому

      Yep, wish I could find the tank to go in it.

  • @lecko36
    @lecko36 14 днів тому

    a tank of gazoline for the rack i think